Am I gripping the BB too close for bench pressing?

I'm curious because I heard somewhere that the forearms need to be perpendicular with the floor when the bar touches the chest. Is this more dependent on the length of one's arms? I usually grip the BB .5-1 hand width wider than my shoulders. Here's a picture to help clarify:

Sorry to tell you but you're the only one who can determine what is best for you.

After having just come off a rotator tear (back for 5 months now) and having used primarily a wide grip for benching, I have starting using a narrower grip as you illustrated in your post and it has done wonders.

I feel NO shoulder pain at all in the delts the next day. It's as if they weren't even involved in the lift.

Tri's are becoming stronger because they are used more in the lift and my bench (incline.. I rare do flat BB) is sky rocketing. I can move far greater weight with a deeper stretch BECAUSE my hands are in closer.

I have always used the forearm perpendicular to the floor rule, which is pretty wide. I would grip with my middle fingers over the grip line on the bar in your pic. But note that this grip is best for overall pectoral development. You will probably be able to move more weight with a closer grip, as most powerlifters use, but you will be recruiting more delts & tris into the movement. So its really just a preference based on your goals.

You move your grip , you work different areas of your pectorals / engage other muscle groups .... So I guess depending on which part of your chest you are looking to develop would change your grip ( close grip engages more triceps
Middle pectorals , wide grip hits outer pectorals and also engages the shoulders quite a bit.... Etc etc.

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